Dato Seri,

I agree with you that it is time to move on. Any further disharmony will lead to an inevitable destruction of MCA. I feel there is a lot of pride at stake and I , myself was surprised that your former loyal supporter LTL decided to rebel on you at a time when you were at your weakest. It was needless to say that he intended to unseat you at that very moment. Everything went well until you pulled the rug from under his feet by forming a ‘coalition’ with Chua. LTL is now seen as power crazy and his disloyalty has not won him any friends. I myself will not want to see him at the helm of MCA.

What the general public is concerned about is your pact with Dato Seri Chua, who we all know is politically dead and extremely tainted. He may have the support from within MCA but as you know, many Chinese voters are not members of the MCA. How then can he contribute to your leadership? Does Chua have a potential successor to lead his avid supporters?

Unfortunately, your generals are deserting you as they perceive you as having jumped camp. The animosity that you yourself created with Chua prior, has perhaps resulted in unwanted skirmishes between your supporters and that of Chua’s. So with you now shaking hands with Chua underlines a defection and equates to betrayal of trust from your loyal supporters, who may now have too much of hatred for the Chua camp.

So I do hope that you see the bigger picture here. Indeed there are a lot of bruised egos within MCA, something that need addressing if you are to succeed in the Greater Unity plan. Colluding with Chua alone is no longer sufficient as you leave your former supporters with no room to maneuver. You will therefore need to clarify your stand clearly with them. Losing Wee Ka Siong and Chew Mei Fun is certainly not in your best interest.

Lastly, we appreciate your explanations and we are all praying for a greater MCA.

Personal websites of politicians are mushrooming. Some may say that it serves to bring the general masses closer to their elected representatives. Even mainstream media monitors these sites for the latest information or insights from the politician concerned. Comments from web surfers can give an instant feedback with regards to the articles posted.

Or so you may think.

Following the MCA fiasco, I am convinced that Ong Tee Keat can no longer represent the MCA as president. The EGM resolution clearly states that the majority of delegates no longer have any confidence in his leadership. Forming a pact with a dead duck and tainted politician only underlines his desperation. His deduction that he now commands almost 100% of the support following this partnership is misguided.

I therefore wrote a polite comment on his blog but unfortunately, it has been filtered out. Those that were eventually posted were of course in favour of Ong Tee Keat. Such an action only reaffirms my belief that Ong is not a leader that allows differing views to surface. Therefore it is not surprising that the Central Committee members are not in favour of his leadership and have urged him to honour his word of stepping down.

Now we have two politically dead individuals leading the party. Whether Liow Tiong Lai is competent enough to lead the party, is immaterial at least to Ong. Both Chua Soi Lek and Ong Tee Keat should take a back seat and allow a fresh team to lead MCA.

This is the only dignified way so as to avoid treachery from brewing within MCA despite a friendly facade.